Macbeth - Foreshadowing Using Animals :: essays research papers

dissertation Statement Throughout the play of Macbeth, Shakespeare chooses to use animals to portray foreshadowing, to develop contri only ifion and to evoke a wide variety of emotions from the audience.A) Dramatic Purpose 1 To Characterizeto show the development of a person/character. helps the audience to go steady the true personalities of characters ( non what their portrayed to be to separates).1. a) "... Approach thou like the broken Russian bear, / The armd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger / Take whatsoever shape but that, and my firm nerves / Shall never tremble ..."(Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 123-125).Macbeth is disquisition to lady Macbeth about Banquos ghost he says that if any of these fierce animals should come sur example him, he would never be scared. Macbeth doesnt want Banquo to be in any part of his life, thats why why he killed him. Now that hes come brook as a ghost (hes trembling/scared that Banquo will never leave him alone) the use of these fierce c reatures compared to Banquo shows that Macbeth may be regretting the murder of Banquo. Shows hes not as strong as he portrays himself to be, hes a coward inside, he cant face up to what hes done.b) "... As sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the social lion."(Act 1, Scene 2, Line 39).the soldier is speaking of Macbeth and Banquo. just as an eagle easily defeats the sparrow or the lion easily defeats the hare, Macbeth and Banquo defeated their opponents. this is portraying one as an eagle and the other as a lion. either way, there was no competition surrounded by Macbeth and Banquo and their enemies. Shows the characters of Macbeth and Banquo and how fierce they really are. the lion and the eagle are fierce animals, whereas the sparrow and the hare are very weak. They can easily be killed.c) "I come, Graymalkin. Paddock calls --anon." (Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 11-12).the witches companions, demons, are familiar spirits who are calling the witches. Graymalkin is a cat and P addock is a toad. shows the witches are ones who believe in wrong spirits, as most witches are portrayed as. shows they have foretelling knowledge - evil spirits, cats, they vanish. Shakespeare uses a cat as a spirit, as cats are meaning(a) to witches a toad portrays their ugliness, as described earlier.B) Dramatic Purpose 2 To Create Emotionsto make the audiences sympathies lie where the dramatist wants them to lie.